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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2024
Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn, MI (US);
Carlos Gerardo Lopez Martinez, Puebla, MX;
Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle interior panel for use over an airbag and configured to split along a tear seam in an airbag door region of the panel during airbag deployment includes a chute located along a back side of the panel for guiding the airbag toward the airbag door region during airbag deployment. The chute has a wall interconnecting opposite sides of the chute, the wall being configured to split at a predetermined location such that the opposite sides of the chute move away from each other to enlarge the airbag door region during airbag deployment. The wall may have an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion may at least partly define an inner surface of the chute. A cavity may be defined between the inner portion and the outer portion of the wall. The inner portion of the wall may include the predetermined location.